Belenois thysa, the false dotted border, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa.
The wingspan is for males and for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas.
The larvae feed on Capparis species and Maerua racemulosa.
Subspecies Belenois thysa thysa (South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya) Belenois thysa tricolor Talbot, 1943 (Ethiopia) Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872 (Angola, southern Zaire to Uganda, western Kenya, southern Sudan)
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Images representing Belenois thysa at BOLD Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12 Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14 Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 as balangensis